# Dal-Ha-Dad — دحض (dHD)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/dHD

- **Meaning:** slip, having no firmness/stability, become null & void, to anul/void/reject, examine into, to be weak, to jerk/decline, that which has no force/weight, to refute/condemn, to depart, to go away
- **Derived forms:** دَاحِضَة (1) · مُدْحَضِين (1) · يُدْحِضُ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ — liyud'ḥiḍū · "to refute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّر۪ينَ وَمُنْذِر۪ينَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَات۪ي وَمَٓا اُنْذِرُوا هُزُواً

Wama nursilu almursaleena illamubashshireena wamunthireena wayujadilu allatheenakafaroo bilbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqawattakhathoo ayatee wama onthiroohuzuwa

And We send the emissaries only as bearers of glad tidings and warners. And those who ignore warning contend in vanity to refute the truth thereby, and have taken My proofs and that whereof they are warned in mockery.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-56.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ — l-mud'ḥaḍīna · "the losers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · passive · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَض۪ينَۚ

Fasahama fakana mina almudhadeen

Then he cast lots, and was among those refuted.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-141.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ — liyud'ḥiḍū · "to refute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَالْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ فَاَخَذْتُهُمْ۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwal-ahzabu min baAAdihim wahammat kulluommatin birasoolihim liya/khuthoohu wajadaloo bilbatililiyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa faakhathtuhumfakayfa kana AAiqab

There denied before them the people of Noah, and the parties after them; and every community purposed against their messenger to seize him, and disputed with falsehood to refute thereby the truth. Then I seized them — and how was My retribution!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-5.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** دَاحِضَةٌ — dāḥiḍatun · "(is) invalid"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُحَٓاجُّونَ فِي اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا اسْتُج۪يبَ لَهُ حُجَّتُهُمْ دَاحِضَةٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَد۪يدٌ

Wallatheena yuhajjoonafee Allahi min baAAdi ma istujeeba lahu hujjatuhumdahidatun AAinda rabbihim waAAalayhim ghadabunwalahum AAathabun shadeed

And those who dispute concerning God after that answer has been made to him: their argument has no weight with their Lord; and upon them is wrath, and they have a severe punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-16.md_

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